GeForce RTX 4050 vs RTX 2060 Mobile

Place in the ranking	186	124
Place by popularity	not in top-100	41
Power efficiency	18.27	25.88
Architecture	Turing (2018−2022)	Ada Lovelace (2022−2024)
GPU code name	TU106	AD107
Market segment	Laptop	Desktop
Release date	29 January 2019 (5 years ago)	2023 (2 years ago)

Detailed specifications

General parameters such as number of shaders, GPU core base clock and boost clock speeds, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. Note that power consumption of some graphics cards can well exceed their nominal TDP, especially when overclocked.

Pipelines / CUDA cores	1920	2560
Core clock speed	960 MHz	2505 MHz
Boost clock speed	1200 MHz	2640 MHz
Number of transistors	10,800 million	18,900 million
Manufacturing process technology	12 nm	5 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	115 Watt	100 Watt
Texture fill rate	144.0	211.2
Floating-point processing power	4.608 TFLOPS	13.52 TFLOPS
ROPs	48	32
TMUs	120	80
Tensor Cores	240	120
Ray Tracing Cores	30	18

Form factor & compatibility

Information on compatibility with other computer components. Useful when choosing a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards it's interface and bus (motherboard compatibility), additional power connectors (power supply compatibility).

Laptop size	large	no data
Interface	PCIe 3.0 x16	PCIe 4.0 x8
Width	no data	2-slot
Supplementary power connectors	no data	1x 12-pin

VRAM capacity and type

Parameters of VRAM installed: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Integrated GPUs have no dedicated video RAM and use a shared part of system RAM.

Memory type	GDDR6	GDDR6
Maximum RAM amount	6 GB	6 GB
Memory bus width	192 Bit	96 Bit
Memory clock speed	1750 MHz	2250 MHz
Memory bandwidth	336.0 GB/s	216.0 GB/s
Shared memory	-	-

Connectivity and outputs

Types and number of video connectors present on the reviewed GPUs. As a rule, data in this section is precise only for desktop reference ones (so-called Founders Edition for NVIDIA chips). OEM manufacturers may change the number and type of output ports, while for notebook cards availability of certain video outputs ports depends on the laptop model rather than on the card itself.

Display Connectors	No outputs	1x HDMI 2.1, 3x DisplayPort 1.4a
HDMI	-	+
G-SYNC support	+	-

Supported technologies

Supported technological solutions. This information will prove useful if you need some particular technology for your purposes.

VR Ready

no data

API compatibility

List of supported 3D and general-purpose computing APIs, including their specific versions.

DirectX	12 Ultimate (12_1)	12 Ultimate (12_2)
Shader Model	6.5	6.7
OpenGL	4.6	4.6
OpenCL	1.2	3.0
Vulkan	1.2.131	1.3
CUDA	7.5	8.9

Gaming performance

Let's see how good the compared graphics cards are for gaming. Particular gaming benchmark results are measured in FPS.

Average FPS across all PC games

Here are the average frames per second in a large set of popular games across different resolutions:

Full HD	104 −15.4%	120−130 +15.4%
1440p	66 −21.2%	80−85 +21.2%
4K	42 −19%	50−55 +19%

FPS performance in popular games

Full HD
Low Preset

Counter-Strike 2	55−60 −18.6%	70−75 +18.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	60−65 −19%	75−80 +19%
Elden Ring	100−110 −16.5%	120−130 +16.5%

Full HD
Medium Preset

Battlefield 5	90 −22.2%	110−120 +22.2%
Counter-Strike 2	55−60 −18.6%	70−75 +18.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	31 −12.9%	35−40 +12.9%
Forza Horizon 4	149 −20.8%	180−190 +20.8%
Metro Exodus	82 −22%	100−105 +22%
Red Dead Redemption 2	100 −20%	120−130 +20%
Valorant	140 −21.4%	170−180 +21.4%

Full HD
High Preset

Battlefield 5	106 −22.6%	130−140 +22.6%
Counter-Strike 2	55−60 −18.6%	70−75 +18.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	24 −12.5%	27−30 +12.5%
Dota 2	99 −21.2%	120−130 +21.2%
Elden Ring	100−110 −16.5%	120−130 +16.5%
Far Cry 5	70 −21.4%	85−90 +21.4%
Fortnite	140−150 −18.1%	170−180 +18.1%
Forza Horizon 4	123 −22%	150−160 +22%
Grand Theft Auto V	90 −22.2%	110−120 +22.2%
Metro Exodus	61 −23%	75−80 +23%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	247 −21.5%	300−310 +21.5%
Red Dead Redemption 2	45 −22.2%	55−60 +22.2%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	100−110 −17.6%	120−130 +17.6%
Valorant	81 −17.3%	95−100 +17.3%
World of Tanks	270−280 −9.5%	300−310 +9.5%

Full HD
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	76 −18.4%	90−95 +18.4%
Counter-Strike 2	55−60 −18.6%	70−75 +18.6%
Cyberpunk 2077	21 −14.3%	24−27 +14.3%
Dota 2	112 −16.1%	130−140 +16.1%
Far Cry 5	122 −23%	150−160 +23%
Forza Horizon 4	107 −21.5%	130−140 +21.5%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	84 −19%	100−105 +19%
Valorant	123 −22%	150−160 +22%

1440p
High Preset

Dota 2	50−55 −22.6%	65−70 +22.6%
Elden Ring	55−60 −22.8%	70−75 +22.8%
Grand Theft Auto V	50−55 −20.4%	65−70 +20.4%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	170−180 −20%	210−220 +20%
Red Dead Redemption 2	29 −20.7%	35−40 +20.7%
World of Tanks	190−200 −21.8%	240−250 +21.8%

1440p
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	61 −23%	75−80 +23%
Counter-Strike 2	27−30 −11.1%	30−33 +11.1%
Cyberpunk 2077	14 −14.3%	16−18 +14.3%
Far Cry 5	90−95 −17%	110−120 +17%
Forza Horizon 4	80−85 −19%	100−105 +19%
Metro Exodus	65−70 −15.9%	80−85 +15.9%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	45−50 −14.6%	55−60 +14.6%
Valorant	87 −14.9%	100−105 +14.9%

4K
High Preset

Counter-Strike 2	27−30 −20.7%	35−40 +20.7%
Dota 2	55−60 −18.2%	65−70 +18.2%
Elden Ring	24−27 −15.4%	30−33 +15.4%
Grand Theft Auto V	55−60 −18.2%	65−70 +18.2%
Metro Exodus	24−27 −12.5%	27−30 +12.5%
PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS	98 −22.4%	120−130 +22.4%
Red Dead Redemption 2	20 −20%	24−27 +20%
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt	55−60 −18.2%	65−70 +18.2%

4K
Ultra Preset

Battlefield 5	31 −12.9%	35−40 +12.9%
Counter-Strike 2	27−30 −20.7%	35−40 +20.7%
Cyberpunk 2077	6 −16.7%	7−8 +16.7%
Dota 2	87 −14.9%	100−105 +14.9%
Far Cry 5	40−45 −19%	50−55 +19%
Fortnite	39 −15.4%	45−50 +15.4%
Forza Horizon 4	45−50 −14.6%	55−60 +14.6%
Valorant	41 −22%	50−55 +22%